“I’m here to support Jay,” said Naomi Campbell. “I was fortunate to work with him on [the video for] ’Change Clothes’ as well as on his Rocawear campaign with Damon Dash. I’m just so proud of him. It’s a night for supporting my brothers — it’s also Puffy’s birthday!”

For Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, who played with the Illadelphonics, Jay’s backing band for the concert, seeing the film was an opportunity to relive the experience.

“It was like it was described, ’It was the perfect night,’ ” said ?uestlove, who also served as the film’s music supervisor. “I had the best seat in the house behind the drum set backing Jay-Z and the other hip-hop luminaries with the Illadelphonics. It was definitely the thing.”

The man of the hour didn’t disappoint either — decked out in a dapper black three-piece suit, Hov came to the event solo, posing for photos and waving to the crowd before heading into the screening.